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Netflix subs to hit 128m thanks to int’l growth
Netflix’s subscriber count is tipped to reach 128 million by 2022, with the number of…
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Ampere: Saudi web users consume most TV & video
Saudi Arabian internet users watched more TV and video online than people in any other…
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Netflix cancels Wachowski drama Sense8
Until this week, Netflix had very rarely cancelled an original series. It has now axed…
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Jay Hunt to leave Channel 4
Jay Hunt is to leave her post of chief creative officer at Channel 4 after…
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A+E Networks hires UKTV exec
A+E Networks UK has appointed UKTV executive Dom Wilkins as head of scheduling, History UK…
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BT Sport & Snapchat partner for Champions League final
BT Sport is partnering with Snapchat in the UK on social coverage of Saturday’s UEFA…
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BBC to broadcast One Love Manchester concert
UK broadcaster BBC One and a host of international channels will broadcast the One Love…
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Kirkham: no topic ‘taboo’ for BBC Factual
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham has pledged that “no subject should be taboo” for the…
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CBS current chief exiting
US broadcaster CBS is losing a second senior executive in a week, with Bridget Wiley…
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SVOD service iflix launches African office
Subscription VOD service iflix has opened an office in Cape Town as it launches a…
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PactUS plans digital content mini-market
PactUS and the Global Online Video Association (GOVA) are working together on a selection of…
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Viceland lines up ‘reality sitcom’ in UK
Youth-focused pay TV channel Viceland has ordered a slate of new shows from the UK,…
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Lis Murdoch digital studio preps Snapchat originals
Social video platform Snapchat Discovery has commissioned a pair of series from Elisabeth Murdoch’s Vertical…
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ITV developing Alex Rider drama
UK broadcaster ITV is developing a television adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider spy novels….
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ITV America sets pact with ex-Generate chiefs
LA-based ITV America has secured an exclusive production deal with the new prodco of former…
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Showtime reaches Asia with Fox Networks deal
CBS Corp. has expanded the Showtime brand into Asia through a distribution deal with Fox…
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A+E buys NBCU out of German JV
A+E Networks is to acquire full control of its German joint venture, as it continues…
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Pascal Pictures exec to launch See-Saw US
Negin Salmasi is leaving the prodco of former Sony Picture Entertainment boss Amy Pascal to…
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BBC First extends Dutch distribution
BBC Worldwide is upping the distribution of BBC First in the Netherlands after agreeing a…
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Discovery poaches Viacom exec for data push
Discovery Communications has appointed Viacom executive Christopher McGrath as senior vice president of data and…
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AMC eyes dramas from Fear, Humans scribes
US cable network AMC is developing a trio of dramas from writers with credits on…
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Deutsche Telekom has funds for scripted originals
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is planning to invest in original scripted content from next year and…
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Amazon will have ‘bigger impact’ than Netflix
Amazon is likely to have a bigger impact on the markets in which it is…
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Boat Rocker consolidates factual units
Canada-based Boat Rocker Media is bringing its factual assets together as a new unit, Crooked…
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ProSiebenSat.1, TVE check in to Hotel Römantiek
Major European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and TVE have ordered remakes of Belgian format Hotel Römantiek. Both…
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Young Sheldon finds home on CTV
Young Sheldon is among a number of new US broadcast shows that Canadian broadcaster CTV…
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Turner APAC ups Schwebig as Jain exits
Turner Asia Pacific (APAC) has promoted Clement Schwebig to CFO, with senior VP of finance…
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Fremantle hires ex-Chernin TV chief for drama
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has named ex-Chernin Entertainment TV chief Dante Di Loreto as its…
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CBS rejigs entertainment as Geller exits
US broadcaster CBS has upped Kelly Kahl to president of entertainment and drafted in The…
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Ex-RTÉ boss joins EBU as director general
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed the former director general of Irish national broadcaster…